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. 2023 Sep 18;1:14. doi: 10.1038/s44276-023-00013-x

Table 3.

Questionnaire completion rates in BAC-PAC participants.

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Expected questionnaires from alive patients (n) 12 10 8 4 4 3 41
Returned questionnaires (n) 12 10 6 2 2 1 33
Completion ratea (%) 100% 100% 75% 50% 50% 33% 80%
Dropoutsb (n, %) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (25%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (76%) 20%
Deceased patients (n) 0 2 3 4 4 4 -
Patients whose completion was censored due to end of studyc (n) 0 0 1 4 4 5 -

aCompletion rate is estimated as the number of returned questionnaires divided by the number of alive patients expected to return a questionnaire at each time-point.

bDropouts refer to the proportion of patients who did not return their questionnaire despite being alive and are calculated for each time point.

cThe completion rate was censored for patients who were recruited less than six months from the end of the study.